Valentine's Day Crafting: More Decorations

I'm back again with more Valentine's Day decorations. I'm having a ton of fun putting these together.

First, the kids and I started painting wooden pieces we got at Michael's. My little man did a great job on his love birdhouse. 

I painted two signs. One I painted white and then went over loosely with gold paint. 

The second one was in the shape of a heart and I went over it in several shades of pinks and then again in red to give it a streaky-stripe look. 

Using the Silhouette Cameo, I cut out a quote from Beauty and the Beast for the first sign to go along with a painting I have on my mantle right now. 

 

I used more of that fun gold glitter vinyl for the word "Love" on the heart. It is so sparkly! I'm going to put a hanger on the back so I can hang this heart up on the wall. 

Next I cut out our names on vinyl and adhered them to these great little mailboxes I found in Target in the dollar bins. I'm going to put little love notes in there for the boys to read on Valentine's Day. 

Here is part of my mantle with the painting I mentioned previously! (Painting With a Twist). 

That's all for now! We are decorated! 

Shadowbox Fun

There are so many things you can do with Shadow Boxes! I love using the one we got for our Bridal Shower for beer caps in our bar area. My husband and I like trying out different beers and it is fun to see the different colors and types collecting in the shadow box. 

This weekend, we got together to make our own Ticket Shadow Box and Memorabilia Shadow Box using our Silhouette Cameo and some Cricut Brand Gold Glitter Vinyl. 

I wouldn't say we are experts on the process, but we like to try things out and make new things. Shannon made the ticket holder for her ever-growing collection of various ticket stubs. I love this idea and wish I hadn't tossed all old movie tickets recently! 

I believe the size of this shadow box is 11x12 and should hold a good amount of tickets. Some patterned paper on the back of the box worked out nicely with the very sparkly lettering on the front using the Rio Grande font. You can't tell in the picture but I'm telling you this is very sparkly gold! 

Look how cute it is with all the tickets inside! I spy a ticket from 1999 in there - I bet it isn't even the oldest one. 

My shadow box was much smaller at 8x8. I used map paper as my background and thought I'd use the shadow box to hold little bits of memorabilia from my adventures this year.  I used a couple of different fonts to get the words and arrow and I love how it turned out. Glittery gold over pretty blue. Love. 

Now I have to go do things so I can use it! 

Jingle Bell Rock - Free Download

My little girl loves jingle bells-- she loves the songs that talk about bells and she loves the sound. There is a look of pure joy on her face when she comes across a bell so I wanted to make something special for her... especially now that all of the bells out there are on a super clearance!

I took a trip to Micheal's Craft Store and picked up the following materials:
1. Bells of varying sizes
2. Acryllic photo box
3. Super glue!
4. Black card stock

You will also need a Silhouette machine-- it will make it easier and more custom! If you don't have access to one, you could always use chipboard letters or letter stickers. Your call!


Step 1 - Measure your box.  Mine was 3.5 x 3.55. I set that size up in my cut file and loaded in a piece of black card stock.

Step 2 - Glue the card stock cut outs on the inside of your box. This will protect it from little hands. Just be careful to apply the glue to the part that is facing out!

Step 3 - Fill up your box! Be sure to leave some empty space in the box-- you need the bells to be able to move!

Step 4 - Using the super glue, seal all edges. Take your time and do this step correctly. If your child is anything like mine, this box is going to get alot of use and hard knocks!


I have included the cut file I created for this project! Again, this is designed to be used with the Silhouette-- enjoy!

Click here to download the cut file!